Ultrasound-Guided Emergency Pericardiocentesis of a Patient with Multiple Myeloma in a Resource Limited Setting
Introduction: Cardiac tamponade, a variant of cardiogenic shock, is a medical emergency. A traumatic cardiac tamponade is an expected phenomenon; however, in non-traumatic events such as malignant pathology, it is usually less dramatic and takes several days or weeks to manifest. Occurrence of tamp...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Advanced Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://ajem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ajem/article/view/28 |